Kumiss

FROM: The American Pure Food Cook Book and Household Economist (The Marguerite Series, No. 141, Feb. 1899, Subscription Price $ 6.00/year) © 1898, Geo. M. Hill Co., Publisher, Chicago, Il.

Today's topic will be beverages...

Kumiss.

(RECOMMENDED ONLY FOR THE EXPERIENCED!!!). Put one gill buttermilk, into a quart of new, rich milk, and add four lumps white sugar; see that the sugar is dissolved. Put in a covered vessel, in a warm place for ten hours; it will then be thick. Pour from one pitcher to another, so that it may become uniformly thick, then bottle and set away in a warm place. It will be good in twenty-four hours in summer and thirty-six in winter. The bottles must not only be tightly corked, but the corks tied down. Shake the bottles well before opening. This is an excellent drink for people with weak digestion, and is also good for children.